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Encouraging agency, insight and self-compassion

Ellie Bortz AThR

Professional member of ANZACATA

Ellie has a Masters Degree in Art Therapy (2024) and five years of experience working in disability and aged care supporting individuals to engage in meaningful and authentic creative self-expression. 


Ellie's approach is person-centred, strengths-focused and disability, neurodiversity and LGBTQ+ affirming. 


As a professional member of ANZACATA Ellie partakes in ongoing training and supervision. She values and seeks out training delivered by experts with lived experiences of their training content. She has recently completed short courses in Counselling Autistic Adults and Mindfulness for Practitioners.


In her work with adults, Ellie draws from her own lived experiences of managing a chronic health condition. Along her journey she has developed creative wellbeing tools to support personal insight and compassionate practice.

Professional Practice, Code of Ethics and Complaints

Ellie Bortz is governed by the ANZACATA's Standards of Professional Practice and the Code of Conduct for non-registered Health Professionals .

If you have a complaint regarding Ellie Bortz's service please raise your concern directly with Ellie. If the issue cannot be resolved directly, please find further support on the Health Care Complaints Commission website  .

 

Inclusive Art Therapy practices on the unceded land of the Gadigal people. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.